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Borealis: A Zutara Story	By : jaded_priceless Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality Views: 33524 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Chapter 167
The next day they were woke up someone banging on the door; “Get up our targets have been sighted. We’re moving out in two hours.”
Zuko heated the water and pushed the tub into the room that housed a vanity with a large extra pitcher of water next to a gravity powered sink and toilet. Katara washed up while he secured breakfast. She was surprised to find Amayu in the room waiting on her. The woman was carrying a bundle of cloth.
“Prince Zuko has made me aware of your current condition. There are things we use in the Fire Nation to make that time easier,” she explained lifting the top cloth to show Katara several small tubular rolls of cloth. “This is virgin cotton bound with linen then wrapped in silk. You place it inside you to absorb the flow. You can discard them once they have been used. It is not wise to go into battle carrying the smell of blood. Some say it attracts death to you.”
Katara took the offered items and went back into the latrine. She studied the items for a moment before removing her clothes. She sat on the latrine and placed her hands over her lower abdomen and made a downward sweeping motion. When that didn’t work she bent water out of the pitcher that had been placed in the bathroom for hand washing and guided it inside herself. The tears fell as she remembered the last time she performed that action and got such bloody results.
This time her cleanse was just as thorough. When Katara emerged she attempted to give the small tubes that Amayu called tampons back to her. “I took care of it. My cycle is over.”
“You can do that? Get rid of your cycle? On demand?” the doctor said in amazement as she pressed the bundle back into Katara’s hand. “Can you do it for other people?”
Katara nodded. “It’s similar to my birth control method only the water goes in farther to remove the uterine lining that’s shedding.”
“If Prince Zuko did not think you were his, I would claim you as mine. Do you know how rich we would become offering women relief from Mother Nature’s terrible timing? Clearly Fire Lord Ozai is wrong about fire being the superior element. Women around the globe have been searching for a way to do this for centuries and all along all we needed was to visit a Waterbender. No wonder Fire Lady Nini was so popular among the people.” Amayu exclaimed. “Katara do you mind if next month…?”
“I’ve never done it on another person. I’m willing to try but I could hurt you.” Katara admitted.
“So could the cramps, but I’m willing to take the time to think it over,” Amayu lowered her voice to whisper conspiratorially, “How about you practice on Princess Azula and Lady Mai first. The best that could happen is that you rob those snakes of their abilities to lay eggs.”
Katara smiled for the first time in days. Amayu returned it while sadly speaking, “If only the world were different, I might actually like you.”
Katara nodded but didn’t say anything more.

Katara refused Zuko’s offer to ride in the cart with Aang and Sokka. She was afraid to see if Chu-hua lied and Aang was actually missing a finger. Sokka glared at her when she sat on Korhi behind Zuko and wrapped her arms around his waist. She fell asleep at some point. When she woke Zuko was pulling her off Korhi and telling her to get down.
He put his hand over her mouth and shielded her with his body. Then Katara noticed the ground was shaking and it wasn’t because Korhi was stomping and snorting. Zuko pushed her head back down and covered her eyes when she tried to lift it up. “Don’t look Katara. Don’t look. You don’t want to see this.”
When the ground stopped shaking Zuko kept her eyes covered as he put her back on Korhi then climbed up behind her. He sat behind her and kept whispering the same thing over and over, “Whatever happens keep your eyes closed unless I tell you to open them. If I tell you that take Korhi’s reigns, pull the left one back twice then the right to make her run.”
Katara nodded. Her eyes might have been closed but her nose and ears worked just fine. She could smell the burning flesh and hear the screams. When her eyes were finally uncovered they were back in the town they’d just left. She and Zuko were given the same room. He took the key from the owner saying they didn’t need to be shown the way. Katara briefly noted he was walking just as slowly as she was. They were still getting settled when one of the ship’s officers came to get him.
Zuko nodded, “I’ll be there shortly. I need to clean up first.”
When Zuko came out of the latrine his shirt was off and his back was slightly damp. When he turned to get a clean one Katara saw the bruises on his back. She tilted her head, and her face scrunched up as she remembered that he didn’t put on his armor that morning. They were to be used as decoys to lure out the rebels while the groups tracking their movements engaged them. They were not expecting the opponents to be skilled enough to have already killed them. He had shielded her without his armor on. Zuko noticed her gaze as he pulled on the second shirt.
His lips twisted slightly in a half smile, “I wasn’t lying when I said I’d do anything to protect you, Katara.”
When Zuko came back he asked her if she was hungry. Katara nodded expecting him to have food brought in. “Do you feel like going out for dinner?” When she replied he extended his hand.
Katara studied curiously it before taking it in hers. There were fresh scratches and scrapes on the back of his hand. They were on rocky ground when he shoved her face first into the ground but she didn’t even have a single smudge of dirt on her skin. She lightly fingered the scratches and shook her head. “It doesn’t make it okay. What you did today doesn’t change the fact that you hurt me with these hands.”
Zuko nodded and put his arms around her. “I know; that was also something I had to do to protect you, Katara.”
Zuko lowered his head and pressed his lips against her forehead, “I promise I will never raise my hand against you in anger but I will do whatever is necessary to keep others from hurting you.”
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